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Quote: Originally Posted by IDonT4 If the Argentines had more exocets, greater aerial refueling capability and sent a "real" army to defend the Falklands instead of 2nd rate conscripts, the UK forces would have failed. The Mirages were always at a disadvantage because they only have about 5 minutes of loiter time in the Falklands before bingo fuel. I wonder how the situation would have develop if the Argentines used their...

Vulcan Bombers fly south. First Strike: Mission Black Buck. Last “V” Bomber designed to drop Nukes on Eastern Europe, with 21 1000lb bombs, for the runway at Stanley. Over 4000 miles, Vulcan and Victor tankers make the RAF longest-range air attack. I think in 1982 a recorded for any air attack. “Attack with aggression, but always have a plan of retreat”

What does this mean? (not literally of course...) France is negotiating to sell a high-tech warship to Russia, which would mark the first time that a NATO nation — and a founding member at that — sold arms to the country since the fall of the Soviet Union, which the treaty organization was created to oppose. The Russians are anxiously looking to buy one of France’s Mistral class helicopter carriers, a rapid-deployment attack ship that some...

Limited ship to ship/shore abilities, even called a anti aricraft ship. Like many ships in many navies a niche ship. I'll give it a "C"...

"The decline of British aviation in the 1960s did not go without some protest. 1968 was the 50th anniversary of the founding of the RAF, and no effort was made to perform an aerial display appropriate to the occasion. An RAF flight lieutenant named Alan Pollock was unhappy with this state of affairs and on 5 April took the matter into his own hands, flying his Hunter on a jaunt over London and then under the top span of the Tower...

Quote: Originally Posted by llkinak Oh dear. Not Grossman. I do believe that is his name. He does show a lot of research on the matter. You may not agree with his conclusions, but the statistics he draws from are compelling.

Quote: Originally Posted by Wolfe Tone ... Obviously Russia needs a Combined Arms approach like any other Major Power ... ... Agree completely Quote: Originally Posted by Wolfe Tone ... but the cost and maintenance of a large Ocean going Navy and the slow rate at which they grow v's the rapidity they turn obsolete is one that Moscow knows only too well... Warships are obsolete as soon as the builders begin cutting steel. There are ways...

Quote: Originally Posted by Greasel_burger It seems theortically possible to drop a frag down the hatch once the gunner is dead, only issue is that where there is armour, there is most often infantry. Unlocking the hatch could be difficult.

You know, we could give the Cost Gaurd their white and orange camo too, and while we're at it, give paramedics white and red camo... and fire fighters black and yellow!

Quote: Originally Posted by Roadkiller By this line of reasoning, no nation requires a navy. However, the real world has shown that a navy's ability to project power into an area on a permanant basis is a valuable political and military tool. A navy doesn't orbit for a couple of hours and go home, it can stay in place for months. I take your point but Russia is spread out over such a huge area and its naval areas of interest are...